The Ability of Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department Students in Expressing Chronological Information to Promote Products

Abstract

The ability of Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department Students in expressing  chronological information to promote products that are known and consumed or enjoyed in everyday life is very important. Manufacturers sell many similar products on the market, but each product certainly has its own uniqueness and characteristics. This research is descriptive qualitative, namely studying the ability of Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department Students in expressing chronological information to promote products and/or services. The sample selection was carried out by "purposive sampling" namely with respondents consisting of 24 students of the Accounting Department, Semarang State Polytechnic, D4 Computer Accounting Study Program Semester VI who had joined the "English for Academic Purposes" (EAP) course, one of which was the materials covered the study of Descriptive Paragraph. The results of this research show that descriptive paragraphs that can fulfill the completeness of a good paragraph; namely those that have five components from "topic sentence, supporting sentences, concluding sentence, unity, and coherence" as many as 5 paragraphs or 20.83%, while the remaining 19 descriptive paragraphs do not fulfill the completeness of a good paragraph or 79.17%. The use of adjectives, both opinion and fact, throughout the text meets the completeness of a good descriptive paragraph or 100%. This needs to be followed up with further research by taking a larger sample from all study programs in the Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department.